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Annual Meeting & Exposition
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
TECHNICAL SESSIONS SHORT COURSES
Deadline: 1 Feb. 2016 Deadline: 1 Feb. 2016
Help ensure that your area of research and expertise is repre- Have something that your peers need to know? Lead a Short
sented in next year’s technical program. Individuals and geosci- Course at the GSA 2016 Annual Meeting in Denver. Courses can
ence organizations are welcome to suggest topics and submit be run to develop professional, teaching, and research skills at all
proposals for both Topical Sessions and Pardee Keynote levels. Proposal guidelines are available at www.geosociety.org/
Symposia. Pardee Symposia are high-profile sessions on signifi- meetings/scProposals.htm or by contacting Jennifer Nocerino at
cant scientific developments, with invited speakers only. Topical jnocerino@geosociety.org.
Sessions are a combination of invited and volunteered papers.
Unique formats are allowed, but must be outlined in the proposal
along with the technical support needs. Upload your proposal at
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/cfs.cgi.
CALL FOR PAPERS
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